Vol 2 Chapter 639: This is just business negotiation

The car stopped in front of an old-fashioned café not far from the manor. Duke pushed the door and got out of the car, signaling the bodyguard and driver to stay outside, and walked in alone.
Wellington is a bit cold in the winter. After opening two wooden doors, the warm breath came with the aroma of coffee. Duke turned his head and his gaze slowly swept across the café that he had visited several times before, perhaps on weekdays. Relationship, there are not many people here, but on his right hand side away from the counter, sitting a tall blond woman.
The woman was slowly stirring the cup of coffee in front of her with a spoon, and the falling blond hair covered the small half of her face, making her look unreal.
She seemed to be thinking about things, her brows under her blonde hair were faintly frowning, and her eyes straightened.
"A latte."
Speaking to the waiter next to him, Duke walked over there, his eyes kept looking at the blonde woman.
Perhaps it was a sense that the blonde woman stopped the agitation in her hand, raised her hand and closed her long blonde hair, her eyes caught Duke's figure for the first time, and she withdrew it little by little along with his footsteps.
When he reached the table, Duke took off his jacket and sat opposite the blonde woman.
The two looked at each other, neither seemed to have the intention to speak first, thinking, until the waiter brought the coffee, Duke said thank you.
He added sugar and milk to the coffee, and his eyes returned to the opposite side again.
"Hello, Evie."
Looking at the familiar face of Ivanka Trump, Duke slowly said, "You are as beautiful as before."
The difference is that Ivanka's temperament is more calm, and his face is more shrewd like a businessman.
"You haven't changed much." Ivanka smiled faintly. "What about Scarlett? Johnson? Why didn't you see her?"
"She has work to be busy temporarily and stays in North America."
Pick up coffee. Duke took a sip and exclaimed, "The coffee here is still as fragrant as before."
Ivanka didn't even look at her cold cup of coffee. She folded her hands and slowly placed it on the table in front of her, saying like an old friend. "After shooting the shots of the Lord of the Rings, you liked coming here for a cup of coffee."
As if being awakened by the past, Duke's mouth has a smile, "When you work overtime, you also like to come here and buy me a glass back."
"That's just an assistant's job." Ivanka beckoned and called the waiter over, "I want a latte too."
When the waiter took away the cold coffee, she said again, "In a blink of an eye. So many years have passed."
Duke put down the coffee cup, "You have also turned from an assistant to a famous strong woman in America."
Strong woman? Ivanka? Trump sighed in the bottom of my heart. Could someone who can't control the fate of the company he founded be a strong woman?
But she understands the character of the person sitting opposite, that is a strong person as hard as a rock, and is even more merciless towards the enemy in his eyes.
"Where are you going next?" Ivanka asked about vacation.
Duke naturally understood this and said, "Go to Australia. Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman invited me to go hunting on their farm."
"You have been working with him?" Ivanka asked casually.
""Mission Impossible" is about to start the fourth part." Duke also put his arms on the table, "Tom's appeal is still very powerful."
Actually. After seeing that the academy could not award performance awards to himself since the beginning of the century, Tom Cruise has been getting closer and closer to Duke’s business cooperation, and there has been no divorce of Nicole Kidman and fire pie. Special? Kingsley and other negative events, his image and box office appeal are far stronger than in the same period.
It is far from being reduced to the point where it only depends on "Mission Impossible" to support the scene.
"It looks like you are going to have a big expenditure again."
Speaking of this, Ivanka Trump changed the topic at the right time, "I heard that you also invested in several big projects such as James Cameron's new movie?"
"Yes." Duke did not deny it either. After thinking about it, he specifically said, "Especially James Cameron's project, the next two years may require 200 million U.S. dollars in cash expenditure, this amount of liquidity is not a small amount."
Ivanka smiled slightly. It was natural to say, "If you have any difficulties, just speak up. I believe I can still help a little bit."
Hearing this, Duke also smiled slightly, "With my fixed assets and credit, it is not a problem to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars from the bank."
Ivanka pursed her lip. Just about to say something, the waiter brought her coffee.
She didn't add sugar or milk to the coffee, nor drank it, just like the beginning, she put it in front of her and stirred it slowly.
Duke knows that it is impossible for the two to go back to the past, and it is impossible for the two to become close friends with the huge differences of interests between capitals.
The temptation between each other just now can also tell that they are both wary.
If you want to let go of the conflicts caused by the conflict of capital, you can do it without having a cup of coffee and sitting together for nostalgia, otherwise there will not be so many wars without gunsmoke in the shopping malls, the Empire State Building and the Golden Gate Bridge Will not become a popular suicide site.
Picking up the coffee cup, Ivanka finally took a sip, only to feel bitter in her mouth. This bitterness seemed to permeate every corner of her body all the way down. It felt like she was sharing the situation in the company instantly.
If it were not for the extremely difficult situation that she was about to face, with her pride and the almost irreparable rift between the two, how could she take the initiative to meet in New Zealand.
She knew what kind of person Duke was, and knew that she was not on his side, but after working hard, she might succeed.
With a low sigh, Ivanka no longer circled, it was very obvious that even if he went around, it would not have any effect.
She raised her head, looked at Duke, and asked, "What do you think about instant sharing?"
Duke knew that she was talking about a deal with Google, and she didn't go around in circles. She simply said, "I'm just making a choice that suits my interests."
Hearing this sentence, Ivanka frowned slightly. Duke's words have already explained his current attitude. It has nothing to do with any past and emotional factors, it is just a business negotiation!
She gave up those unrealistic expectations, and said, "10% higher than Google's bid, I want half of your shares!"
In Duke’s hands, he has an immediate share of nearly 45% of the voting shares. As long as he can get half of it, Ivanka will be able to achieve control. Even if Google joins in, it will have the most weight within the company The right to speak.
"It's impossible." Duke shook his head slowly, "I am optimistic about Google's future."
This is only on the one hand, on the other hand, if you don’t have the most shares that can be shared instantly, why would Google use its own shares for exchange? When they get instant sharing, they don't just want to invest in shares, but are optimistic about the future of the industry, and want instant sharing to eventually become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Google.
The transfer of nearly half of the equity in the hand and the basically reached negotiations with Google will surely fail.
"Evie, you understand the value of this 20% share." Duke said another fact, "You don't have so much capital."
"I can raise funds from Wall Street." Ivanka seems to have made up his mind. "It's not just Google who is optimistic about instant sharing. Credit Suisse, Allianz, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase all have investment intentions, and..."
She hurriedly shut up.
Duke said the second half for her, "There is also Donald Trump's Trump Foundation. The completion of this acquisition will also enable the Trump Group to achieve industrial transformation, right?"
This kind of thing cannot be denied, and there is no need to deny it. Ivanka Trump nodded slightly.
"I can only say sorry." Duke picked up the cup and drank the coffee in it. "After I take a vacation, the deal will be officially concluded."
Ivanka's hand holding the coffee cup tightened suddenly, "Duke, is there no possibility of termination?"
After all, she knew what Duke was like.
"What do you want?" Ivanka stared here, "How can I give up this deal?"
Duke didn't mean anything to joke, and said very seriously, "It's very simple, it can exceed what I expected from a Google transaction."
"And these things..." He shook his head slightly, "Evie, neither you nor the Trump Organization behind you can give it."
Donald Trump’s net worth is only a few billion dollars, even if he counts the funds his Trump Foundation can raise, how much can he have?
Google paid far more than they could afford.
After determining the purpose of Ivanka Trump, Duke did not intend to let himself be affected by the relationship between the two people.
This is just a business negotiation, and it is undoubtedly very stupid to bring too much emotion into the business negotiation.
To put it bluntly, even if you hate Donald Trump, as long as the Trump Organization can come up with something that tempts him, Duke will not mind transferring the shares in his hands to them.
But the premise is that Duke wants to know that what they come up with will be as promising as Google.
If the Trump Organization took out shares of Microsoft, Apple or General Electric, Duke would definitely be willing to transfer them, but the problem is that the Trump Organization cannot get them.
Seeing Duke's resolute attitude, Ivanka understood that this meeting might not bring any results.
Nowadays, North American financial and real estate markets have some unfavorable development trends. The Trump Group wants to complete the transformation in the rise of emerging industries, and instant sharing is particularly important.
Ivanka didn't want to give up instant sharing. Before she came, her father repeatedly told her not to give up.
"That's it, Evie." Duke stood up. "If you have the opportunity, you are welcome to visit the Duke Manor."
Seeing Duke was about to leave, Ivanka also stood up. (To be continued...)
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